Mississippi
Board of Education
February 16,
2006
10:00 A.M.
4th
Floor Boardroom
Central High
School Building
359 North West
Street
Jackson,
Mississippi
Agenda
01. Report
of State Superintendent of Education
02. Report on Status of Public Employees Retirement
System (PERS) (Pat
Robertson, Executive Director PERS)
03. 2006
Legislative Report (Steve Williams/Joy
Milam) Back-up
material
04. Discussion of reassignment of Financial
Advisor for Greenville Public School District (Steve Williams)
04-a. Discussion of removing Billy R. Watson, Financial Advisor for Sunflower County School District (Steve Williams)
05. Discussion of
establishing the Achievement Level Index – ALI: A new metric for reporting the
performance of schools and school districts based on results of the Mississippi
Statewide Accountability System (Steve Williams)
06. Discussion of
establishing a new method for identifying successful school districts for use
in MAEP calculations; new method based on the Achievement Model of the
Mississippi Statewide Accountability System (Steve Williams)
07. Report
on North Bolivar School District (Beth Sewell) Back-up
material
08. Report on Assessment and
Accountability (Kris Kaase) Back-up
material
08a. Discussion of eliminating
the narrative writing prompt of the Subject Area Testing Program English II
Writing Assessment (Kris Kaase) Back-up
material
09. Discussion of 2007 Mississippi
Mathematics Framework, as recommended by the Mathematics Curriculum
Framework Writing Team (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act
process with public comments) (Kris Kaase)
10. Discussion of revisions of Approved
Courses for the Secondary Schools of Mississippi, 2005-2006 that will be
reflected in the Approved Courses for Secondary Schools of Mississippi
2006-2007 (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with
public comments) (Kris Kaase)
11. Discussion of awarding Mathematics and
Science Partnerships Program Grants (Kris
Kaase)
12. Discussion of modifying interagency
agreement number 36112 between the Division of Information Systems Services of
the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services and the
Mississippi Department of Education to increase funds to implement Phase III of
the contract with the Office of Information and Technology Services (ITS) for
enhancements to MSIS not to exceed $120,600 (total contract $250,600) (Kris
Kaase) Back-up
material
13. Discussion of revision of Mississippi
Public School Accountability Standards, 2004 (Beth Sewell)
14.
Discussion of an
Accredited-Temporary status for Millcreek of Meadville School (Beth Sewell) Back-up
material
15. Discussion
of methodology to select high schools to participate in the National Governors
Association Honors Grant Program (Beth Sewell)
16. Discussion
of selected high schools to participate in the National Governors Association
Honors Grant Program (Beth Sewell) Back-up
material
17. Discussion
of awarding grant dollars for Hurricane Katrina Education Recovery Act through
the Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations (Beth Sewell)
18. Discussion of contract with Gulf Coast
Education Initiative to monitor all nonpublic and private grantees that
received the Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations funds (Beth Sewell) Back-up
material
19. Discussion
of methodology to award grant dollars for Hurricane Katrina Education Recovery
Act through the Impact Aid for Displaced Students (Beth Sewell)
20. [PULLED]
21. Discussion
of revision of Guidelines for the Three-Year Vocational Educator License for
Non-Degree Applicants, as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and
Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development (Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comment)
(Daphne Buckley)
22. Discussion
of establishing Cut Scores for Validated Praxis II Exams, as recommended by the
Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure
Development (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no
public comment) (Daphne Buckley)
23. Discussion
of revision of Five-Year Entry Level Alternate Route Administrator License, as
recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education,
Certification and Licensure Development (Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with public comments) (Daphne Buckley)
24. Discussion
of appointment to Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education,
Certification and Licensure Development (Daphne Buckley)
25. Discussion of appointment of Bureau
Director I for the Early and Periodic Screening and Diagnostic Treatment
Program (EPSDT), within the Office of Healthy Schools (Ethel Carson) Back-up
material
26. Report of personnel actions (Ethel
Carson) Back-up
material
Consent items
27. State
Board of Health. $41,000.00. 03/01/06 – 06/30/06. Federal funds
(Office of Healthy Schools –
Regina Ginn)
The Office of Child Nutrition administers the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). This program is designed to meet the nutritional needs of children during extended summer school vacation. USDA, SFSP funds have been designated specifically for site health inspections. The Mississippi State Board of Health is the governing body, charged by State law, with the responsibility to regulate food service sanitation. All food served in foodservice facilities in this state are subject to regulations and sanitation inspections by MS State Board of Health. The contract will provide required inspections of sites for participation in the Summer Food Service Program. Therefore, this independent contractor is the sole source for procurement in Mississippi for this purpose. The contractor is not a former employee or related to any Department employee. Back-up material
28. Full-Line Distributor. 01/16/06 – 06/30/06. Merchants Foodservice, Inc. No
MDE funds involved. Emergency procurement
(Office of Healthy Schools – Regina Ginn)
The
contract will provide service and delivery of food, supplies and USDA
Commodities to local organizations in Region 3 of the State Purchasing Program.
Payment will be made directly to the
contractors by the local organizations purchasing these products. The Office of Child Nutrition will
administer the contract; no MDE funds will be expended for these services. City Wholesale was awarded the original contract
at the June 2005 State Board meeting.
The company was sold in December to another entity and will no longer
operate as a food distributor for school districts in the state. City Wholesale, therefore, asked to be
released from their contractual obligations with Mississippi Department of
Education. The State Superintendent approved an
emergency procurement request on January 9, 2006. A contract was offered to the Merchants Foodservice Company
effective January 16, 2006, after the emergency approval was made. Merchants Foodservice will make deliveries
of food and supplies to the school districts and payment for service will be
made directly from the school districts to the company. Back-up
material